The ACR Manual on Contrast Media suggests that highly viscous ICM should be warmed to body temperature prior to administration when using high-rate intravenous low-osmolality power injections, viscous iodinated CM, small-caliber catheters, or for timed studies looking at peak enhancement.   

These findings highlight a need for more stringent and standardized reporting guidelines relative to incidental findings, authors of the new study suggested.

The ACR Committee on Drugs and Contrast Media stated that exposure to the gadolinium-based contrast agent represents a “sufficiently low or possibly nonexistent” risk to patients.

New findings indicate that monitoring times following renal mass biopsy could be revisited in many cases without posing risks to patients.

The new data highlight a potential pitfall of unenhanced CT scans on patients presenting to emergency departments with acute pain—an inaccurate workup.

HIMSS Vice President of Informatics Christina Caraballo, MBA, explains new interoperability standards have been proposed to enable better image sharing across hospital IT systems.

Difficulty obtaining PET/CT scans was reported by 55% of respondents, with 21% citing this as the greatest barrier in treating classic Hodgkin lymphoma.

Laser guidance has been shown to improve needle placement accuracy during percutaneous interventions, but this procedure has drawbacks, experts explained recently.